December 13.—We paid Jno. Dono seventytaiesin plate of bars, in full payment of the fee symple of the gadonge over the way, to westward of English howse, wherof one hundredtaieswas paid before. Derick de Fries, the master of Duch shipp, being ready to departe, envited us to dyner to morrow. Our bark with goodes for Osekay retorned.
December 14.—We dyned abord the great Holland shipp and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at our retorne ashore. Capt. Speeck came not to dyner. He is over great in conceate.
December 15.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois by a China, to send me of all sortes of garden seeds.
December 16.—Capt. Whaw, the China Capt. brother, sent me a barrell of figges or jar of Japon green figges for a present. We envited the masters of the Hollander shipps and juncks to dyner to morrow, they being now ready to goe to sea with first good wind.
December 17.—We envited the Duch to dyner, I say they came to dyner, and were Derick de Frize, master of great ship, Wm. Johnson, a merchant, Piter Johnson, master of a junk, the pilot of the greate ship, and Mr. Fredrick the chirurgion. I would have delivered an open letter to Derick to have carid, but he tould me he thought that Capt. Speck would be content to let hym carry our sealed letters, in respect our ship broght his and delivered them. Yf not, that then he would cary both our open and also our shut letters.
I receaved two letters from Mr. Eaton from Miaco, 1 of the 23rd November in Miaco, and the other of the 30th ditto in Osekay, with an acco. of such matters as he hath donne in Edo, Shrongo, and Osekay, as also a note what presents Capt. Coppendall gave away above.
Damian retorned from Langasaque with Jno. de Lievana, and Damian sent me a barillmorofackand a dish of peares for a present. Also our host of Osekay sent me a Japon standish for a present.
December 20.—I wrot a letter to Bantam to Gapt. Jourden of what accorrantes have passed since tharivall of theHozeander, as apereth per coppie, as the lyke for Syam, to Mr. Jno. Gourney, agent, and a third to Mr. Adam Denton at Pattania, and 2 others to Capt. Wm. Adames and Ed. Sayer: the first letter to Bantam sent per the shipAnkewsen, under covert from Capt. Jacob Speck, and the other 4 per Piter Johnsons junck for Syam, under covert as above said, Capt. Speck offring to send our letters the one or other way, in respect we brought their letters and delivered them. And 1 letter enclozed to Bantam from Capt. Coppendall.
December 21.—There was 350taisplate bars receaved of Andrea Dittis, China Capt., wherof 50taiesdelivered to Skidayen Dono with a bar of Oban gould of 55taies, to goe to buy a mast for our shipHozeander, but 50taieswas bad money and turned back.
December 22.—About breake of day the Hollanders discharged much ordinance and small shott, it being their new yeares day. The Duch junck that they took prize went out of rode of Firando towardes Syam this day before nowne. And I wrot 2 letters to Mr. Wickham and Mr. Eaton, dated the 18 and 20th present, but kept till this day, and sent per the servant of Safian Dono, with a letter in Japans to his master in answer of recept of his per Capt. Adames and seting free of Damian and Jno.
December 23.—This day a boy of 16 yeares ould was cut in peeces for stealing a littell boate and carying it to an other iland. I sent to the kyng to beg his lyfe, which he granted me, and in the meane tyme sent a man after the execusoner to stay a lyttell; but he would not, but put hym to death before the pardon came, cuting hym in many mammocks to try theircattansupon hym.
I sent Piter Wadden out to Cochi, with a barill wyne, 10 loves of bread, and a baskit of oranges, to Piter Johnson, master of the junck which goeth to Syam, which stayeth there to make acco. with Japonnars about the reparing of her, the Hollanders haveing emploid a knave about it which hath deceaved them, as Capt. Adames scrivano hath donne us, and carid 50taieswith hym which was paid the carpenters upon acco. ofHozeander, and receaved the full payment of junck besids.
December 24.—Our carpenters came and tould me that yf they might not have the 50taiespaid them which Mr. Nealson paid the scrivano of junck, or rather the scrivano deseaved the carpenters and tould them it was of the junckes acco., when the truth is it was of shipps. Soe we are forced to pay this 50taisagaine and keepe it upon acco. till the junk retorne.
There came 3 Spaniardes to our English house, which were of the shipp which came from Aguapulca. They tould me it was true that 7 or 8 shipps were in the S. say, and had donne som hurt one the cost of Peru, so that all was up in armes; and that the Spaniardes in New Spaine had made proclemacon, in payne of death, that all strangers were to avoid out of New Spaine and never retorne to trade theare any more.
December 25.—Chrismas Day. Taccamon Dono sent 2 barilles wyne and 2 fishes for a present; the king 2 pec. wale fyshe; the China Capt. a jarr of China wine; and other neighbors other trifles per reason of Chrismas.
December 26.—I sent ourjurebassoto thank the king and Takamon Dono for the presents they sent, according to Japon order.
The Hollanders had a demi cannon of bras cast this day, po. 5,000 wight, a very fayre peece.
December 27.—Towardes night Soyemon Dono, the kinges steward, came to English howse, taking it in his way (as he said) going to the king. The China Capt. met hym. And his errand was about the money the king oweth the Wor. Company, which, as he sayeth, the king will now pay in, and take up comodeties of us to pay next yeare at a resonable rate, as the Duch have geven it hym, whoe have now sould hym upon trust for 10,000taies. The king, he saieth, taketh this course by littell and littell to bring hym selfe out of debt, which his granfather left hym to pay, and so, once getting an even hand, will so hould hym. The merchandiz he taketh up he geveth to Japons at Miaco, of whome Foyne Samme took up money in tymes past, which still runeth on at intrest, and yf it should so contynew would undo hym. So I referd this matter ofe till to morrow, because I would take counsell, and in the meane tyme desird him [to say] I was as willing as Capt. Speck to doe the king any service I could.
Nicolas Grant, a marener, being drunk, stabd hym selfe thorow the arme, because Mr. Osterwick would not lend hym 12d....
December 28.—The China Capt. built or reard a new howse this day, and all the neighbours sent hym presentes,nifon cantange. So I sent hym a barillmorofack, 2 bottells Spanish wine, a drid salmon, and halfe a Hollands cheese; and after, went my selfe with the nighbours. Where I saw the seremony was used, the master carpenter of the kinge doing it, and was as followeth: First they brought in all the presentes sent and sett them in ranke before the middell post of the howse, and out of eache one took something ofthe best and offred it at the foote of the post, and powred wyne upon each severall parcell, doing it in greate humilletie and silence, not soe much as a word spoaken all the while it was a doing. But, being ended, they took the remeander of the presentes, and soe did eate and drink it with much merth and jesting, drinking themselves drunken all or the most parte. They tould me they beleeved that a new howse, being hallowed in this sort, could not chuse but be happie to hym which dwelled in it, for soe their law taught them, ordayned by holy men in tymes past.
The shipps company came to the English howse in a maske, and after plaied Christmas ule games in good sort and meryment.
December 29.—I gave Matinga a pece satten, cost 5taies, and a peece of taffety, cost 1tay, to make her akerremon, and 2kerremonsof zelas to Oto and Fuco. And ther was sould and deliverd 10cattisPriaman pepper to the kinges doctor of phisick, rated at 8condrinspercatty, or 8 taiespicull.
And I thought good to note downe how Mr. Hunt, the master, came in a fume ashore, and broake Jno. Cocora the cooks head, at instigation of Jno. Shipperd, he having first misuesed and beaten hym without reason.
December 30.—We bought 732 bags white lyme at 3condrinsper bagg, it being good cheape. And I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to look out formorofackand cows shewet for shipps use for chirurgion. God send health.
A China of Lankyn brought me a present of a barill of Lankyn wyne and a dozen of China cakes.
December 31.—I paid thertytaiesfor a howse for Matinga, that shee was in being for the Company.
And the Japon barber Rappado sent me a present of a basket of oringese.
I forgot to note downe how I wrot a few lynes to Mr.Jno. Hunt, to have had hym com ashore about Compa. busynes, to have had his advice about bras shivers;[120]but he retorned me a snapish answer.
January 1, 1615[6].—Mr. Hunt, the master of theHozeander, remenyng still in his extreme humours (as I have fownd hym allwaies the same man ever since he came into Japon), wrot a letter to Capt. Coppendall, he being sick in bed (as he hath byn most an end ever since he retorned from Miaco), and I verely think that the unruly company of the shipp to be the cheefe occation—I say he advised Capt. Coppendall he would com ashore to morrow and geve direction how to cast bras shivars and shot for ordinance, aledging the guner knew nothing for shott, nor no man else but hym selfe for the rest. Yet, for my parte, I rest dowbtfull whether it be soe or noe, only I wrot hym before in frendly sort to com ashore and assist me in these matters for the service of the Wor. Company, our emploiers, because the Duch sent away shipp after ship yerly full laden with shot, powlder, ordinance, victuells, and munision, and I would in som sort geve a reason or tast to our emploiers of these matters and send them samples with price. But, as it should seeme, the master disenableth all but hymselfe, and others hould back, I know not whether upon sutteltie to leave the other in lurch, as debasing all but hym selfe. But be it the one or other, the Companies busynes rests undon, etc., and the very truth is, here doe I confes before God and the world, I never did see a more unruly compa. of people, and are far worse then they in theClove, allthough they were bad enough.
And yisternight, very late, came on Jno. Shippard, a tapstar as I understand, and in very deed a shuffling fello, not worthy water for his hier. He is a turbulent fello, a make bate, and sett the master at odds with others per meanes of his smouthe tong, and yet a drunken fello, asmost of the rest are the lyke; and came againe into the kitchin to quarrell with our cooke at supper tyme, I desyring Mr. Osterwick to put hym out of the howse and send hym abord the shipp; but he fell upon Mr. Osterwick, and puld his clothes afe his back, and misused hym, for which I put hym in the bilboes to cowle his feete till mornyng.
January 2.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to buy 100 or 200 tallo candelles and bring them with hym. And Matinga went into her new howse this day. And Gorezan, ourjurebasso, removed his howse, and came with wife and famely and dwelt in the Companis howse over the way, to keepe the shopp or shew rowme.
January 3.—This mornyng very cold wether, being a greate snowe, the greatest I saw since our arivall in Japon, with a stiffe gale wind northerly, rack from W. all day, and snow per fitts all day, but littell or non per night. The King of Firandos host at Osekay came againe and brought a present of figges, telling me he was to retorne to his howse, the king haveing rewarded hym well, as all the caveleros in his kingdom did the lyke, towardes the setting him up a new howse, his ould being burned in the wars with all that ever he had. Soe, with consent of Capt. Coppendall and the rest, ther was a bar of plate of 4½taiesand a bag of rise of 51gantesgeven hym and sent after hym to his lodging.
There was delivered to the fownder for formes as followeth: 1 bras shiver of the boate; 1 rownd shot of saker; 1 langrell shot of saker; 1 crosbar shot of minion; 5 braz of severall sortes—to make others by. And I agreed with hym as followeth: to make 5 greate bras shivers of 35 or 86cattesper shiver; 5 others of a lesser sise: 3 others of sise of that of boate; 2 others of bigger sise; 1 quintall bras of severall sortes—and to pay 12taiesperpicofor all, on with an other, ready made, the fownder finding all stuffe. Also 100 saker shott, ½ round and other ½ crosbar; 100minion shot, ½ rownd and other ½ crosbar; 50 saker langrell shott, all iron—price made at 14masperpicoor 100 wight Japon. I was forsed to put out these at hazard per ould shott and shivers, the master, Jno. Hunt, not coming to geve direction, nether at my request and writing, nor at sending for of Capt. Coppendall, refusing ever to enter againe into the English howse. I could say much of this frantick master, Jno. Hunt; but I leve it to other men to tell.
Also the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, had a littell brod cloth, pink culler, to make his littell doughter a peare of stockinges or bowtes this cold wether.
And there was 3 sackes rise, of 50gantesper sack, geven to 3 pore Chinas which lost their junck per tempest of the cost of Shashma and came to the China Capt. for releefe, he geveing eche of them a sack rise and atayin plate. And upon good consideracion I gave them, per generall consent, each one a sack, as above said.
Mr. Dorington late at night came to the English howse, and tould me the master sent hym to tell me the mast was wolled,[121]and ready to bring ship to a caryne.
January 4.—I went to the Duch howse and desired Capt. Speck to send us his helpe and people to bring our shipp to a caryn, as formerly in frenshipp they had promised us; which in good sort he assented unto, and sent for the masters of the great shipp and junck and willed them and the rest to aide us in what they might. These men came at Capt. Specks first sending for, and did what he ordayned, but Mr. Hunt sent me word he would never com in the English howse, upon a lunetike humour, which each man telleth me is his condition not only heare, but at Pattania and elsewhere hath donne the lyke. Soe I went abord and saw them turne up the ships keele, but water came in so fast at port holes and else where that they were forced toright her againe to cawke her better. I tould Mr. Hunt I was com to vizet hym abord, althoughe he sent me word he would not com ashore, yet willed hym hereafter to com when I sent for hym, or else I would fetch hym. Also I willed hym to send Jno. Shepperd ashore to dresse the Companies meate; which he denyed at first, but after sent hym.
And Zanzabar,alliusYasimon Dono, came to vizet me at English howse, and brought me a present of oringes and a barrill of wine, and sent 2 men to helpe to bring downe the shipp.
January 5.—Zanzabers littell doughter came to vizet me, and brought a present of wyne, orenges, eggs, and fysh drest. And an ould man of Miaco, now our neighbour, brought me a banketting box for a present. His name is Ito Yoguiche Dono.
Sangero Samme, sonne to Foyne Samme, was this day made sure to a doughter of a noble man of Crates.
Their was 210cattisould junk or rops put out to toose[122]for occom, wherof 50cattisto Domingo, and 160cattisto Unquan the China.
January 6.—Sugen Dono of Crates sent to borrow a peare ofbubes, he haveing invited the King of Firando to dyner, in respect he had geven or augmented his yearly stipend from 500gocosper anno. to 1000 per anno.
Capt. Speck came to the English howse with Derick de Vryz and others to take leave, the great shipp being ready, as they said, to goe out. They had byn with the kyng before they came to us, and, as it seemed, had drunk hard. It is said they gave a present worth 5000taiesto the kinge, but I canot beleeve it. Once they have geven much in respect of the prize they brought in, as also for lycence to carry out munision, victuelles, and men for the Molucos.
January 7.—The greate Duch shipp, called theAnkewsen,went out to Cochi, and I went abord with our bark with 16 men, to rowe and helpe to toe them out, as the king sent many barks to doe the lyke; and I carid 2 barilles wyne, 3 hense, 2 duckes, 3 fyshes, 20 loves fresh bread, and a baskit of oringes, and dronke to their good voyage; which Capt. Speck tooke in good parte, and sent hisjurebassowith complemento,nifon catange.
Zanzebars wives brothers and her father were abord, and made peace with Jno. Gorezano, ourjurebasso.
January 8.—We had made price before with Andrea Dittis for all our lead at 6taiesperpico; but now a Japon offring us 6½taiesperpico, he was content to let us sell hym the one halfe.
Also I receaved 3 letters from Langasaque, 1 from Jorge Durois with 16 falling bands at 7masper band. And an ould China brought me a present of China cakes.
January 9.—This last night, about 10 a clock, 4 Portingale prisoners ran away out of the Duch howse and are scaped and thought got to Langasaque.
Yasimon Dono advised me of a man of his com from Miaco, who reporteth of very fowle wether above, and that 70 or 80 barks are cast away per meanes therof. God send us good news of ours sent to Osekay and Tushma.
January 10.—Three of the Portingales which ran away were fownd per meanes of men the King of Firando sent out after them, and brought back againe to the Hollanders.
Gizamon Dono, Zanzabers wives brother, brought me 3 wilduckes for a present. He tould me that word was brought to the kyng that 80 barkes are cast away betwixt this and Shiminaseke now of late per torment, most being laden with rise. God bless our bark sent with merchandize.
January 11.—The king being ready to goe up to the Emperour, we laid out a present and sent hym, I going after, accompanid with Mr. Nealson and Mr. Osterwick:—
The king tooke the present very kindly, offring us anything we would demand, saying that, allthough he went up to the Emperour, yet he had left such order with his governor that what we asked should be fulfilled. This present was sent this day, because yisterday Soyeman Dono came to aske what money the king owed upon bill, for that yt should be paid forthwith. Whereupon it was thought fitt to goe with this present before payment were made, otherwais yt might be thought it was sent in respect he paid the money, or else, perhaps, in payinge of it, he might have expected a greater present, in respect the Hollanders gave soe much once. Howsoever, he seemed to take it in good parte, and gave us a kind welcom with a colation, serveing us with his owne handes.
January 14.—Letters came to Capt. Speck that the junk they sent for Syam is per contrary wind put into Shashma in a port or haven called Cata ura, and soe loose ther voyage.
And I paid 50taisplate bars to the fownder, advanced upon acco., for bras shivers and other matters with shot for ordinance, which he is to cast for to send in theHozeander. The 2 fownders are called Jembio Dono and Scongero Dono.
There came certen caveleros Japons from Edo, and came to see the English howse, and looked on such comodeties as we had, but bought non. They report that the Emperour will have all the kyngs (ortonos) in Japon to goe for Edo, and there to remeane for the space of 7 yeares, and to carry their wives with them, and live every one in his howse aparte, with a servant of the Emperours to be allwaiesin company with them—I meane with each one, to heare and see what passeth. This he doeth to prevent them from insurrections, and will not have sonns nor kynsmen, but the kinges them selves.
January 15.—I wrot a letter to Mr. Eaton to Edo, per Toyamon Dono, a merchant of that place, advising of my other sent 6 dais past, and here withall sent as followeth, viz.:—
And advised withall that Mr. Wickham should make all the hast he could, for that Capt. Coppendall and Mr. Nealson were very sick.
January 16.—Rowland Thomas, the purcer of theHozeander, being drunk, did beat Mr. Dorington, master mate, Jno. Cocera the cook, and the servantes in the howse.
January 17.—There was receaved of the kinges plate this day three hundred fyfty and seventaiesin plate of bars upon acco., sent from Oyen Dono per Refioen Dono, kinges steward.
January 18.—We reconed this day with Tomo Dono and rest for biskit, and waid out as followeth, viz.:—
And within night word was brought me how two of our shipps company were fighting with swords one a hill a littell from our English howse. Soe I went with Mr. Hunt the master and Mr. Osterwick and fownd them to be Jno. Clough the guner and Jno. Driver an ordenary marrener, both being drunken, and no hurt donne but that Driver had a scar on his forehead. Soe I put them both in the bilbows till the next mornynge.
January 19.—Our host of Tushma came to English howse, and brought a present of walnuts and a Corea carpet or feltro. He tould me he brought merchandiz to sell to pay me the money the pepper was sould for, for that the money of the place he receaved for it was not good, as Niquan the China whome I sent to receive it could witnes, he turning back above 500taiesin receving 120tais.
Mr. Dorington, the mr. mate ofHozeander, mad show as though he were lunatick, talking idly; but I thynk he counterfeteth. A strange kind of people they are all of them which came in this shipp. Truly I canot praise any one of them which are sea men.
The Hollanders shott ofe 8 or ten pec. ordinance out of the small shipp and out of howse late within night. The occation we knew not, except the junk went out or that they had hard news that gave them content.
January 20.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Jourden to Bantam, how theHozeanderwould be ready per the end of this moneth and how Mr. Osterwick was to stay heare, with other accurants, and sent it per conveance of Capt. Speck in theAnkewsen. I went to the Duch howse and delivered Capten Speck my letter. He tells me the occation they shot off the ordinance the last night was for that the King of Firando came to drink a farewell with them before he went up, and that the greate shipp and the junck would be ready to goe towardes Bantam within 7 or 8 daies at ferthest. He also tould me that he receved not letter of the putting of their junck into Shashma, as it was reported unto me.
January 21.—I delivered two hundred and threeskore rialles of 8 to Andrea Dittis, the China Capt., to change into other plate for China busynes. More, delivered unto hym at same tyme one bag Rs. of 8 as it came out of England, containing one hundred pownd str., is fyve hundred rialles of eight for same purpose. For both which sommeshe is to bring refined plate to send in theHozeander. This is donne because the nobles in China should think this plate or rialls com from the English, rather then to present them with refined plat of this place. The China Capt. sent Niquan his kinsman with these rialls to bring plate back forthwith.
Jno. Osterwick going abroad with Mr. Nealson got a littell more drinke than was needfull, and the other was littell better. Yet Jno. Osterwick fell into termes of comparison, disinabling each one but hymselfe. I know not what to say of hym but that he is an overweenyng prowd yowth, I haveing had no experience yet but only by report of Capt. Coppindale.
And late in the night, after we were gon to bed, the kingesbongewsent to borrow our boate, orfoyfone,[123]for the king service; which I lent hym.
The small junck was retorned to the China Capten, but much out of reprations, which must be amended according to promis, for without her we could not have carined our shipp, and soe she had lost her monson this yeare.
January 23.—I gave 6taiesplate bars to Matinga to provide things against the new yeare. And I paid a bar of plate to Domingo my boy, to buy hym aparell, containing 2tay1ma. And I reconed with Jno. Gorezano for 6tais, 9mas, viz.
Rests 5ta.9m.4c.which Mr. Nealson paid unto hym, and put it upon my acco.
January 24.—I paid fyftietaiesplate bars to Andrea Dittis, China Capt., for reprations to his junk lent to carin our shipHozeander, she haveing broken and spoild the junck that the carpenters asked 100taiesto have mended her. Newes was brought to towne that the Emperour is dead; but I beleeve rather it is a fable and geven out of purpose to see how people wold take the matter. Once the ould man is subtill.
January 25.—Damian Marin fell out with Jno. de Lievana about comparisons betwixt the English and Duch, Damian takeing parte with the Duch and Jno. with the English.
January 26.—The king sent Soyemon Dono, Skrayamon Dono, and another to look upon our comodeties, to the entent to buy for 2 or 3000taisat tyme. Soe we showed them samples of all and set price; but he took lyking only of pepper at 6taies pico, baftas at 10 R. per pies, buxshaws at 9maspec., boralles at 9maspec., chint at 3½maspec., and cader Macoy at 4maspec. And tould the China Capt. he would com and vizet me before he went to Miaco, to morrow or the next day.
January 27.—Capt. Speck came and requested that we would take into our shipp for Bantam as much ebony as wecould in not pestering our shipp, and he would pay what fraight we thought fitt. And he sent me a barilmorofackand 4 boxes swet meate.
Also the king sent me word he would com to breckfast to morrow mornyng. So I mad the best provition I could, and the China Capt. sent me 2 powderd storkes, and Soyemon Dono a baskit oranges.
And Tome Donos sonne retorned from Miaco and sent me a present of Japan figges. He tells me our bark with the goods is safe arived at Sackay, but brought no letter from Mr. Eaton nor Mr. Wickham.
January 28.—The King of Firando came to dyner to the English howse, accompanid with 7 or 8 caveleros, and took in good parte the entertaynment he had, and gave me akeremon, and a cloake to ourjurebasso. He said he was to stay 3 or 4 yeares above at Edo; soe I think it is true that thetonos(or kinges) must stay 7 yeares, as I noted som daies past. There was three peeces ordinance shott affe at his entry into the English howse, and 5 at his departure.
January 29.—In the after nowne Soyemon Dono with 3 others came to the English howse, to receve the comodeties which the king would buy upon trust; but they tould me the Hollanders had sould the king pepper at 5taiesthepico, and therefor thought I would not aske more. I answerd that, yf the Hollanders set pepper at that rate, they sell other comodetis at a hier, which, it might be, cost them nothing but the suting of a peece of ordinance, as silke at 240taiesthepico, etc. And, it might be, in pollecie set pepper loe, to the extent to cros us and soe ether to make us to sell it better cheape then it cost or else to make us fall into dislyke of the king, and by this meanes get themselves favour and us disgrace. But the truth was, I set it at no hier a rate then I sould to others for ready money, and at such a price as I wold promis them to deliver no more at that rate. But for broad cloth, which they set at14taiespertattamy, and Syam wood at 3½taiesthepico, that I would sell hym at same rate, when our shipps and junck arived. Yet, doe I what I could, they said they durst not with their honor geve more then the Duch sould for. Soe we concluded to send the pepper to Osekay to Mr. Eaton at kinges charg, and he to sell it, and then to deliver the procead in money to the king. And so that matter was ended. But we delivered comodety to them for acco. of king as followeth, viz.:—
January 30.—The master, Jno. Hunt, envited us abord theHozeanderto dyner. Mr. Wickham and my selfe retorned sowne after ashore upon occation of busynes, and had 5 pec. ordinance shot ofe at our departure, and the other 3 peeces when they came ashore.
And George Durois came to Firando and brought 2 jarrs of conserves, and he gave me in present as followeth: a box of marmalad, a box of cracknells, a box suger bred, a box of chistnuts, a bottell of Spanish wine.
The Duch junck went out of rode Firando to Cochi, and there came to anker by the great shipAnkewsen.
January 31.—I receved 600taies, I say six hundredtaies, plat bars of Mr. Ric. Wickham, which he brought from Mr. Eaton, receved in parte of payment for lead sould at Osekay at 74masperpico.
And in the after nowne Capt. Speck came to the Englishhowse, and tould me that Gonrok Dono had sent hym a letter from Langasaque, advising hym as a frend (as he said) that he should geve the Hollanders warnyng befor their shipping went out, as the lyke to the English, that they should take heed they did not meddell with the greate ship of Amacon, for that the Emperour had much adventure in her. Yet I say I wish we might take her and then make the reconying after.
Febrary 2.—I gave a present to a merchant of Miaco, whoe gave me a fayre banqueting box before, viz.: 2 pec. byrams, white; 2 pec. byrams, nill, of 15 R.corg.—these are of the Companis goodes—2 pec. chader Lullawy of my owne. He took it in good parte, and offerd to doe our nation any service he could above at Miaco. Mr. Wickham gave me akeremonof them Sada Dono gave hym at Edo.
Febrary 3.—The night past, about 11 a clock, there was a house sett on fire by necklegence of the people which made it cleane against the great feast of ther new yeare, which is within this 3 dayis. Soe ther was 7 howses burned downe; and had it not byn for the English and Duch, most parte of the towne had byn burned. For each one stood gazing one and did nothing, and divers brought their goods into our English howse for savegard.
Ther was a present geven to Torasemon Dono, a principall man in this place, which never had any thing geven unto hym since our arivall in Japon, which our frends tould us of. Soe he had geven
And the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, went with me to viset hym, and carid hym a great jar of biskit. And I gave akerimonto Matingas father, which Mr. Eaton gave unto me.
Paid 6massmall plate to the fownder for 2 pans for Matinga.
And the kinge sent to have a gathering throughout Firando towardes the releeving the pore people whose howses were burnt; towardes which we gave atayin plate.
And paid the carpenter for mending Matingas howse
And I delivered 25taisplate bars more unto the fownders, upon acco. of bras shivers which are waid out this day, being 6picosand 42cattis.
Mr. Nealson, being drunck (as very often he is the lyke, to my greefe), fell a brawling with the chirurgion, Morris Jones, and cut his head with his dagger.
Soyemon Dono came late and brought the kinges bill for three thousandtaiesplate of bars, to be paid within this yeare for merchandiz sould hym. And I delivered hym in the King of Firando’s bill for 1000tais, lent at Edo 2 yeares past.
I gave 2 falling bandes with lace to Mr. Wickham, cost me 2tais.
Febrary 4.—Mr. Wickham fell into his ould humours of comparisons, misusing me. I think it is because he would goe for Bantam in theHozeander, which I am well contented of. He presumeth the more, because Capt. Jourden wrot hym a letter he would geve hym preferment.
Febrary 5.—I mad acco. this day with Oyen Dono and Shoske Dono for ould debt of the kinge, which they say is 950ta.1m.0co.; but I find it to be but 898ta.6m.3½co.
And we waid out the shot for ordinance.
And Mr. Nealson made recept for 25taispad the fownders, and he paid them to ballance 14 : 5 : 5.
Febrary 6.—The fownders reconyng was as followeth:—
The fownders brought present, 2 iron pans with wyne and fysh.
And Mr. Nealson receaved 76ta.5m.0co.of Keemon Dono, for acco. of Kyng of Crates, wherof 56taiswas good and rest Shrongo. More, he receaved of the servant of Semidone, for acco. of the King of Crates, fyftytaisplate bars, wherof 1 bar Shrongo.
Febrary 7.—Mr. Jno. Hunt, master of theHozeander, delivered me a draught of his voyag from Bantam to this place with all the sownding.
Febrary 8.—Receaved in plate bars of China Capt., Andrea Dittis, fowre hundred and fyftietaies; and sowne after eight hundredtaiesin melted plat more of hym.
And we had a generall counsell this day, wherin it was noted downe that Capt. Raphe Coppendall was ordayned by generall consent to goe up to the Emperour with a present. Also that Mr. Richard Wickham should have an alowance of 150taiesper anno., to fynd hym aparell and other necessaries from our first arivall in Japon untill the last of August, 1615, we ariveing the 12th June, 1613. And that Mr. Jno. Osterwick should stay to keepe the bookes, and be alowed20l.per ano. to fynd hym aparell and other necessaries, to begyn in Aprill last at his coming from Bantam. And that Jno. Coker, an Englishman, should stay for cooke in the English house, which is donne by his owne consent. And Mr. Wickham to goe up to lye at Miaco or Osekay, till other occation busynes be to employ hym in. And Mr. Eaton to com to Firando and goe to Tushma, to cleare in that place.
Soyemon Donos bark was set on fyre per neclegence of his servantes, beeing drunk and feasting abord according to Japon fation, this day, but by good helpe was sowne quenched.
Capt. Speck came to the English howse and offred to make a consort to have their small shipp and ours to stay to take the Amacon shipp and the great shipp to goe for Bantam; but it was not thought fyt soe to loose our monson.
Febrary 9.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to send stockinges and candells, and sent it per bark sent per China Capt. to buy gunpolder and pitch or rosen forHozeander. We laded all the bras shivers and shot abord theHozeanderthis day.
The bedell of the ward had 1 sack rise.
Febrary 10.—We laded 14picoscopper and 3picosiron abord theHozeanderthis day.
Shezque Dono, Sugien Donos father, came to the English howse and brought a present ofmushos, wyne, and redish,nifon catange, with many words of complemento. And the seabongewsbrought presentes.
Febrary 11.—Gonrock sent me money for 155cattsPriaman pepper for Emperors accompt, at 7taisperpico, is 10ta.8m.5co.As also 30taisfor chaders, cambias, and buxshaws, which one of his men bought on trust. All which money I receaved.
Febrary 12.—Torasemon Dono came hym selfe to the English house, and brought a present of abarsowyne and 2 faisant cocks.
Febrary 14.—The king departed this day to goe to the Emperour, and had 13 peces ordinance shot out of theHozeanderand 5 out of the Duch barke, with 8 or 10 chambers out of Duch house. I went out with a banket of sweetmeate, 2 barilles wyne, a jarr of biskit, and 30 wax candelles; which he took in very good part, and after sent me word by a servant that it had sufficed to have sent any one in the howse, and not to have com my selfe.
Mr. Hunt, the master of theHozeander, fell into termes with Capt. Coppendall about Rowland Tomas, the purcer, telling hym he did hym not right about the abuse was formerly offred, and that the said Tomas should find it when they were at sea. These were bad wordes, and were because the said master might not keepe the kayes and domenere over the purcer in matters of hold. But it is thought that the wax was gon out of hold per lyke meanes.
Febrary 15.—Mr. Nealson paid Jno. Cokora the cooke tentaisand a halfe in great plate, upon acco. of his wagis, to cleare with them he is indebted unto.
And Capt. Speck sent me word he would let as have 2picospoulder, yf we stood in neede. Of which offer I accepted. And Capt. Speck lent us 50 sheetes paper.
Mr. Hunt desired to have a councell assembled tuching the abuse offred to hym per Rowland Tomas; which was donne. But more falt to be imputed to the master, Jno. Hunt, then the other. Soe we made them frendes.
Febrary 16.—Moris Jones the chirurgion had 12taisplate bars paid hym per Mr. Nealson, agreed upon per councell for his pains. And Jno. Cocora the cooke, upon acco. his wagis, 11tais.
Febrary 17.—Niquan, the China Capt. kinsman, retorned from Langasaque and brought 370cattispitch or rozen, cost 14tais; and 310cattisgunpoulder, cost 64tas.1mas; and for the bark 02tais. And Capt. Speck sent the 2 barilles gunpolder which he promised.
Febrary 18.—We waid out the pepper to day for the king, and had much adoe with the 10 men of ward who crinched[127]for wight; soe it must be waid over to morrow againe. 77 bags this day did way 49pico96cattis, and 80 bags out of China Capt. lodg, 57pico35½cattis. And I gave my case China bottelles of 12 to Capt. Coppendall.
Febrary 19.—We cleared acco. of the 3,000taisthis day with the King of Firandosbongews, and delivered them merchandiz for 121 : 3 : 5.
Unagense Dono sent me a present of 2 barsos wine, 2 Japon cakes (ormuchos), and 2 mallardes. And we receaved 49 coks of bras of fownder.
Capt. Speck wrot me a letter, desyring to have the master or purcer ofHozeanderto make a bill lading of the ebony sent inHozeander, being 927 loggs (or sticks), containing, as he said, 929picos. Soe the purcer, Rowland Tomas, made hym 2 bills of the number of loggs, but not of wight, to deliver it to the Duch present at Bantam.
Febrary 20.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Speck to will hym send a note under his ferme to pay fraight for the ebony, as shall be thought fyting betwixt the 2 agents, English and Duch; as also to send the price and wight of the 2 barrilles of polder, which Jacob Swager tould me waid 200cat.nett. And after, Capt. Speck sent word it cost him 16taisperpico, is 32 : 0 : 0.
TheHozeanderwent out to Cochi, and shot offe 5 pec. ordinance; and the Duch shot ofe 7 or 8 chambers at Holland howse. And I went abord Derick de Frize, and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at my going away, and at retorne fromHozeander, 3 more. And Capt. Speck sent Jacob Swager abord theHozeanderas we went out, with a present of 3 barrilles wyne, 4 greate fishes, and 6 hense. And I gave a peece of watcht[128]damaske to Rowland Tomas, purcer oftheHozeander, in requitall of a small rough diamond in a ryng of gould he gave me the other day, esteemed worth som 4 or 5taies. Also I gave the chirurgion, Mouris Jones, a peece red damaske and a R. of 8 in money for his payns taken in howse, and for a bag of synomond and a box of mace he gave me.
Febrary 21.—I delivered to China Capt. a bag of rialles of eight, containing 500 R. of 8 in it, is 400tais; and receaved 300taisin plate of bars of hym. And I waterd and new packed up the amber greese in 2 leaden pots, same as before, and the musk in an other, marked as followeth:—
being marked with the Companis mark. And packed up all three in one chist under same marke without number, and put abord theHozeander.
And I receaved a letter from Jorge Durois with a baskit containing 120 tallo candells of 6 for amas, with 4 pere silke stockings, viz. 2 peare at 9pezosor R. 8, 2 peare at 7taisplate bars, and 4 peare cuffes and 1 band, cost 1tay.
Febrary 22.—Capt. Coppendall had a runlet of pery I gave hym. And I delivered in three bills to Semidone, viz.:—
And he gave me a new bill of 250tais, wherof 116 : 5 : 0 was owing upon ould acco., and 133 : 5 : 0 goodes delivered at Miaco per Mr. Eaton, is 250 : 0 : 0 now owing, to pay at a yeare.
And Andrea Dittis, China Capt., sould a boy called Mats to Capt. Coppendall for 10taies.
And the China Capt. had 4maswight Paraman gould at 14 per one in plate, upon acco.
And I gave Mr. Jno. Hunt, master of theHozeander, 2 Japon buck skins and a peare silk stockings for a present, in respect he gave me a case bottell.
There was a great eclips of the moone this night, began about 9 a clock. But the wether proved overcast that we could not observe no star, which we thought to have donne, to find out the true longetude of this place.
Febrary 23.—The China Capt. sent 2 barrillesmorofack, 2 jarrs biskit, and 2 barrilles pickeld tunny for a present to Capt. Jourden for Bantam. I gave Jno. de Lievana 2½ Rs. of 8 in Spanish money, and Françisco Carnero one riall of 8; and passed my word to pay atayin Japon plate to Tome Dono for Jno. de Lievanas housrowme.
Febrary 24.—I delivered twenty and fivetaisplate bars to Mr. Osterwick, to pay twentytaisto Yayemon Dono and Tayamon Dono, the two carpenters, geven tentaisa peece for a present for payns extraordnary about shipp.
The great Holland shipp, called theAnkewsen, went out to sea this day, and the junk in compa. with her.
And I went with Capt. Coppendall to Hollandes howse to offer Capt. Speck to carry his letters to Bantam, as their shipp did ours, shee being ready to put to sea to morrow; but fownd Capt. Speck was gon out with shipp.
Jacob Swager brought Capt. Coppendall a bottell of wyne and a cheese for a present.
Divers Shashmas came to see the English howse, whome I used kindly. They said the King of Shashma ment to goe to the Emperour the next moneth.
Capt. Speck sent word to desire us to carry 6 Japon marreners along in our shipp for Bantam that were left behind out of their junck.
Febrary 25.—I sealed up my packet letters for England, viz.:—
And in that packet the letters[129]which went per junck per way of Syam the last yeare both to my Lo. Treasurer, the Worll. Compa., Mr. Wilson, Capt. Saris, and others; as also the ballance of the books.
More, I wrot letters for Bantam as followeth, viz.:—
2 to Capt. Jourden, with journall ballance and 4 books petty charges, all in a box left open, delivered to Capt. Coppendall; with a packet containing 2 pere silk stockinges, 2 bandes, and 1 per cuffes.
1 to Mr. Ric. Westby, with a Japon standish.
1 to Jno. Beamont, with a Japon standish and a peare clamps.
1 to Piter Turner, with a jar biskit.
1 to Francis Sewall, with a jar biskit.
1 to Harnando Ximenes, with a pere silk stockings.
All which matters I delivered to Capt. Coppendall, and went with hym abord shipp to Cochi and carid as followeth:
To Mr. Jno. Hunt, master, a bag bisket containing 55cattes, and a box marma[lade].
To Mr. Dorington and Mr. Carpenter his mate, 1 bag biskit containing 50cat.
To shipps company, 3 barrilles wyne and 4 hoggs.
The China Capt. acoompanid us abord. We had 1 pec. ordinance at entry, 6 pec. for healths, and 5 at going away. Capt. Speck brought a letter to deliver to Duch president at Bantam.
Febrary 26.—I wrot a letter to Pattania to Mr. Adam Denton, and Bent it per small Duch yaught, with a jar biskit and a letter to Mr. Gurney, Syam.
A slave of the Admeralls did run away and gott secretly abord our shipp; of the which I advised Capt. Coppendall. So, when they had waid ancor and were under seale, they came to an ancor againe and sent hym back per shipps boate. Soe, after midnight, wind vering northerly, they set seale. God send them a good voyage.
The chirurgion of theHozeanderused speeches that Mr. Nealson had not geven hym satisfaction for paines he had taken with hym in his sicknes, and to that effect got Capt. Coppendall to write me a letter, and sent a note per Mr. Wickham ofdaresandtomares.[130]Soe, at the same instant, Mr. Nealson sent all the chirurgionsdaresback to hym, with a note of what he had geven hym. The chirurgion is a prating fello, and I think sett on per others.
Hozeanderput to sea at midnight.
Febrary 27.—I had conference with the carpenters to build a new gadonge per water side, which, according to the note they put in, will cost for tymber and other stuffe, besides workmanshipp, 681tais.
And Oyen Dono and Soyemon Dono sent in plate of bars upon the kinges acco. 519 : 2 : 3½, and upon acco. of China Capt., Andrea Dittis, 28 : 3 : 0.
Febrary 28.—The Duch or Hollandpataga[131]went out in the after nowne toward Pattania.
The China Capt. feasted all the neighbours, in respect building his new howse.
I had conference againe with carpenters about building the gadong, which, as they noted before, the very
Soe, per advice and counsell of all, it is thought fit to let the gedong building rest till the next yeare, and only repare that on the other side.
Febrary 29.—I wrot a letter to Mr. Eaton that news is com that wars is lyke to ensue betwixt the Empror and his sonne Calsa Samme, being backt per his father in law Massamone Dono, because the Emprour will not geve his sonne the fortresse and teretory of Osakay, yf it were gotten, as he promised he wold doe. I advised hym, yf wars were lyke to ensue, that he should com away and bring money, and put the rest into money yf it were possible.
Bongo Samme,aliusNobesane, sent me a present of 10 hense and 2barsoswyne.
Marche 1.—Delivered Mr. Nealson 50taisplate bars, paid unto Capt. China and neighbors for parte of 90taisto make ston walles. I delivered also two hundred and fyftietaiesplate bars to Andrea Dittis, China Capt., wherof 200taisI adventure, viz. 100taisto Liqueas, to buy amber greese, and the other 100taisinto China, at his discretion for my best advantage, and the other 50taisI lend hym, to pay at his retorne from Langasaque.
I delivered the tentaisplate bars to Capt. China which Capt. Coppendall paid for the boy he sould hym, called Matts. And there was twotaissmall plate paid for a boy called Mon, to serve the Company 15 yeares, fynding him diet and aparell, the money paid his mother, whoe gave a writing in Japons to that effect.
Mr. Osterwick paid Skydoyen Dono upon acco. for these goodes following, viz.:—
The which is paid as followeth:—
Tonomon Samme, the kinges brother, sent to borrow 50 or 60taisplate for a frend, and I sent answer I had no money; yet he sent againe and would have no na; but I was still of one minde.
Marche 2.—We had 15 trees of abose[132]to sett in our ochard, viz., sypris, spruse, orange, lemon, chistnut, and other sortes flowres.
Marche 3.—The China Capt., Andrea Dittis, went to Langasaque, and I wrot a letter to his brother, Capt. Whaw, and sent hym a Holland cheese, a bottell of sallet oyle, and a bag of wallnuts.
I delivered Oyen Dono the King of Fyrandos bill of 680taisfor gould, and he gave me a bill of his owne hand for 350taisplate bars, due per King of Firando upon ould acco., beside the 3000taislast sould for. This bill of 350taisI delivered to Mr. Osterwick.
And I wrot a letter to Mr. Eaton, to buy 10 or 15cakisand rest inshisherotables,[133]for the halfe our howst oweth of that was burned in Osekay.